Thrive Agric has appointed ex-VP Growth of Migo, Adia Sowho to become the company’s interim CEO. She takes over from co-founder and now-COO, Uka Eje.…
Harvard, MIT, top postgraduate choices for founders of Millionaire West African Startups
Founders of West Africa’s Millionaire Startups seem to have a penchant for getting postgraduate degrees from the world’s top universities. According to data, Harvard and MIT are the top de…
You’ll soon be able to permanently mute WhatsApp messages
A feature on WhatsApp that lets users control who they get message notifications from, Mute, has been reviewed. Users can now mute chats for more than a year. Available to Android users in beta testin…
Millionaire West African Startups: Nigerian investors are second only to the US in size and deals made
West African millionaire startups keep increasing each year, majorly rising on foreign funds. However, since 2010, only US investors have outperformed Nigerian investors in size and number of deals ma…
Kenya’s plans for digital taxes and its data protection bill hit a potential snag
Kenya’s plan to tax enforce digital taxes, and some provisions of its data protection bill could face a major stumbling block as it begins free trade negotiations with the US. …
Serial entrepreneurs in West Africa received the most funding over the last decade
Techpoint Africa’s West African Startup Decade Report revealed that founders with more than one startup raised 82.7% of the funding recorded in the last ten years. Find out the edge serial founders ha…
Why agro-crowdfunding platform, Thrive Agric is defaulting on payments despite insured operations
Six months ago, Nigerian agro-crowdfunding platform, Thrive Agric, started defaulting on payments. With multiple cases now, the startup is even finding it difficult to return subscribers’ capita…
Introducing the West African Startup Decade Report
Introducing the West African Startup Decade Report, an in-depth analysis of the funding activities of Internet startups in the region between 2010 and 2019, breaking down founder and investor origins,…